The meeting is open to people who want to know more about dealing with hearing loss.

Presenter Jen Weallans works for OEI — a company that provides outreach, education and installation services for phones from CapTel. The group plans to invite another telephone company’s representative to a future meeting.

Weallans plans to bring telephones and to discuss how people can obtain a free internet captioned telephone or obtain a non-internet phone. She also plans to review phones’ features and technology and explain installation services.

During a discussion period, other topics may be raised by attendees.

Communication tips will be available for people with and without hearing loss.

Some people at chapter meetings use hearing aids, some have cochlear implants, some use other devices and some do not use aids or implants.

About 20 percent of Americans report some degree of hearing loss, according to the Hearing Loss Association of America’s website at http://www.hearingloss.org/